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A more than sufficient ending.

Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

September 15, 2021 by chelz.hawk Leave a Comment

“I understand that you’ve lost something— a lot of things— but you’re still the same person. I know, because I loved you then, and I love you now, and I know that’s not enough to make you happy— to make anyone happy— but you’re the same person, Simon. You’re still you.” ”It’s enough,” he finally grumbles. ”What is,” I whisper. ”The fact that you love me. It does make me happy.” The group is back from their wild adventure in America and they are all […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: boys in love, cbr13bingo, LGBTQ, Rainbow Rowell, simon snow

chelz.hawk's CBR13 Review No:35 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: boys in love, cbr13bingo, LGBTQ, Rainbow Rowell, simon snow ·
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The stench is right, this book STINKS!

The Stench of Honolulu by Jack Handey

September 15, 2021 by chelz.hawk Leave a Comment

“The jungle grew darker and more mysterious. Bugs seemed buggier, and the trees almost seemed alive. The sun was like a blazing ball of fire in the sky. Strange little birds hovered over the flowers, stabbing them with their long, pointed beaks. Sinister rock formations appeared on shore and even reached up out of the water. I guess that’s where Hawaii got its famous nickname, “Land of a Thousand Nightmares.”  The narrator is cajoled by his friend Don into taking a trip to Hawaii. While […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, hawaii, Jack Handey, Satire, twisted tale, unreliable narrator

chelz.hawk's CBR13 Review No:34 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, hawaii, Jack Handey, Satire, twisted tale, unreliable narrator ·
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Unearthing History

In the Memory of the Forest: A Novel by Charles T. Powers

September 15, 2021 by ElCicco 4 Comments

Cbr13bingo Landscape, bingo #6 and #7; Cannonball! In the Memory of the Forest was published in 1997, shortly after author Charles T. Powers died. This was his one and only novel, having spent his career as a journalist covering Eastern Europe for the LA Times. I remember reading this novel after it came out and thinking it was amazing, but it has been almost 25 years. Does the novel stand up? Yes, it does. In the Memory of the Forest is a story about Poland’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: #history, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Charles T. Powers, ElCicco, Fiction, In the Memory of the Forest, landscape

ElCicco's CBR13 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: #history, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Charles T. Powers, ElCicco, Fiction, In the Memory of the Forest, landscape ·
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The sorrows of young werther

Werther is a selfish, entitled, overly dramatic arsehole and I am glad he is dead

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

September 15, 2021 by postcardsandbooks 8 Comments

Content Warning for suicide. I am kind of sad this book marks my first cannonball, but oh well… When book bingo asked for a “White Whale”, I had a hard time picking a book. It’s just that I couldn’t think of anything I’d been meaning to read forever. And then I remembered the audiobook I bought back in 2016 when my bookclub read it, but I never did. It’d been sitting on my phone for over 5 years, and it was only a little over […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, classics, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

postcardsandbooks's CBR13 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, classics, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ·
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“I have picked up the old stories and I have shaken them until the hidden women appear in plain sight. I have celebrated them in song because they have waited long enough.”

A Thousand Suns by Natalie Haynes

September 14, 2021 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

  In one word: Refreshing Cannonball Read Bingo: Mythic Y’all. Y’ALL. I HAVE BEEN SO FAR BEHIND IN REVIEWS FOR LIKE TWO MONTHS AND WITH THIS ONE I AM ALL CAUGHT UP AND I HAVE MY FIRST BINGO YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY. Thank you. Where was I? Ah yes. The book! A Thousand Ships was one I found on the new releases shelf at my library and a) it looked pretty and b) was recommended on the cover by Madeline Miller, author of Circe, and c) I was […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: A Thousand Ships, cbr13bingo, Contemporary Classic, Natalie Haynes, trojan war

cheerbrarian's CBR13 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: A Thousand Ships, cbr13bingo, Contemporary Classic, Natalie Haynes, trojan war ·
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“I don’t do that kind of negativity. If you put your energy into thinking about how much the fall would hurt, you’re already halfway down.”

Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad, #4) by Tana French

September 14, 2021 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

In one word: Gripping Cannonball Read Bingo: Shelfie Review 2021: Hi. Me again. Hear with more French fervor. Love. Her. I have the latest installment of the Dublin Murder Series on my bookshelf, and in fact, I think I’ve had it for months. But once I read it, I am caught up, and I can’t quite face that. So as a pandemic project I decided to reread all of them to then make my way to the most recent installment. I’m here to report that […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: broken harbor, cbr13bingo, Dublin Murder Squad #4, reread, Tana French

cheerbrarian's CBR13 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: broken harbor, cbr13bingo, Dublin Murder Squad #4, reread, Tana French ·
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